
Labor Shorts is a weekly-ish advisory from:
LaborUnionReport.comOct. 31, 2009
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Have They Severed Ties? Following
our discovery last week of the hypocritical use of a "union-busting" law firm by the Democratic establishment (including the Democratic National Committee and POTUS), we've been waiting for the establishment to sever their ties to this firm ... We're still waiting.
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Whose Driving America's Bus? Apparently, its Andy Stern and his purple-clad comrades. With 22 visits to the White House, Andy tops the list.
What else has Stern & the Gang directed the White House to do?•
United Against Work. The ever-shrinking UAW has voted to deny Ford Motor Co. a competitive contract, following the contracts of GM and Chrysler.
Did the UAW just kill Ford too? Could there also be a
conflict of interest?
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Your Taxes at Work. Chrysler Offers
23,000 workers early retirement. Guess who's subsidizing that?
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Boeing, Boeing ... Gone! The wait is over. Earlier this week, despite
making its demands clear to a defiant IAM, Boeing announced its decision to locate its second production line to South Carolina, sending a
strong message to an anti-business Washington State and its 'Fighting Machinists'.
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Teamsters Celebrate Anniversary on Strike. Despite employees voting to decertify last May and the plant doing fine, those crazy horses over at the Teamsters
continue picketing Metalworks.
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Yankees or Phillies? [Who cares in the West?] Both are playing under the threat of (another)
SEPTA strike in Philadelphia.
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Pickets a Go-Go…? Not yet. UFCW members in Colorado are
feeling a bit frustrated that the UFCW national bosses haven't released them to hit the streets yet.
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Harley-Davidson, our favorite V-Twin makers, announce a plan to
outsource approximately 400 more Machinists' jobs in Pennsylvania.
Union Corruption Corner:*
Sticky-Fingered Steelworker gets one year for swiping $48k.
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Where'd the Money Go? AFSCME Local 1324 is
searching for $13k of its members' money ... Apparently it just walked away.
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$13K Will Get You Six Months ... If you happen to be former
CWA President Belinda Woods.
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Machinists' Money Pit? And
27 months in federal prison was the sentence for former pension manager Harvey Keil for stealing $341,000.
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How Do You Plead? Apparently former SEIU boss Alejandro Stephens is
set to plead guilty on two counts of mail fraud and one count of filing a false tax return.
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Just the usual:
Union fraud in Detroit (even Kwame is involved)